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Isaiah 3:12–13

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12Youthsf oppress my people,

women rule over them.

My people, your guides lead you astray;g

they turn you from the path.

13The Lord takes his place in court;h

he rises to judgei the people.

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Cross references

  1. fSee ver 4
  2. gIsa 9:16; 19:14; 28:7; 29:9; Jer 23:13; 25:16; Mic 3:5
  3. hSee Job 10:2
  4. iSee Ps 82:1; See Isa 2:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My people—infants are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

O my people, your guides mislead you

and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.

The Lord has taken his place to contend;

he stands to judge peoples.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Youths oppress my people,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders mislead you;

they confuse the direction of your paths.

The Lord rises to argue the case

and stands to judge the people.

NLTNew Living Translation

Childish leaders oppress my people,

and women rule over them.

O my people, your leaders mislead you;

they send you down the wrong road.

The Lord takes his place in court

and presents his case against his people!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My people—children are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders are misleading you,

and they confuse the course of your paths.

Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case

and takes his stand to judge the peoples.

KJV 1900King James Version

As for my people, children are their oppressors,

And women rule over them.

O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err,

And destroy the way of thy paths.

The Lord standeth up to plead,

And standeth to judge the people.